Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From сра́ка f (sráka, arse) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ па́д(ати) (pád(aty), to fall). Compare снігопа́д (snihopád), листопа́д (lystopád).

First mentioned as early as 1920s, in one of Serhiy Yefremov's notebooks, as one of the "vulgarities" that Ahatanhel Krymsky wanted to add to his dictionary.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [srɐkɔˈpad]
  • (file)

Noun edit

сракопа́д (srakopádm inan (genitive сракопа́ду, nominative plural сракопа́ди, genitive plural сракопа́дів)

  1. (vulgar) black ice

Declension edit

References edit

Further reading edit

  • Kondratiuk, T. M. (2006) “сракопад”, in Словник сучасного українського сленгу [Dictionary of Modern Ukrainian Slang] (in Ukrainian), Kharkiv: Folio, →ISBN